Samuel C. Brody v. United States

MAGRUDER, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal by Samuel C. Brody from a judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts finding him guilty of a criminal contempt under the provisions of 18 U.S.C. § 401. 1 The contempt consisted of a failure to obey an order entered by Judge Aldrich on January 10, 1956, in a civil action captioned John J. Duffy, Acting Group Supervisor, Internal Revenue Service v. Samuel C. Brody. This order in substance required Brody to submit to a collection officer of the Internal Revenue Service under oath and in writing answers to questions…